The strong, silent type. This Taiwanese green tea is rolled leaf by leaf into tight little pellets — the "gunpowder" roll — which keeps it fresh far longer than most greens and gives the cup real strength and a deep green character. It pours darker than you'd expect, tastes captivatingly green, and asks very little of you. A pantry staple for green tea drinkers who like their cup with backbone. It's also the classic base for Moroccan mint tea — gunpowder green is what's in the pot in every Marrakech café, brewed strong with mint and sugar and poured from a height so it foams in the glass.

Ingredients: Green tea (Special Formosa Gunpowder grade). Caffeine: Low.
Brewing: 1 tsp per cup, water at 175–180°F, 2–3 minutes. Watch the pellets unfurl — and don't use boiling water; this one rewards a gentler hand.

Moroccan-style: brew it strong with a teaspoon of our Spearmint leaves and sugar to taste, and pour from a height into small glasses.

Available in 2, 4, 8 and 16 oz.